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>> since mbt tock office in january. this becomes a voting rights issue except the old pre-clearance is no more. used to be states covered by the voting rights act had to submit their plan so the burden had to be on texas to prove you were doing this right and now they said they did this deliberately to undermine the influence of voters of color. can you make that case? >> well, it's to dilute their vote and the voting strength, right? >> you have obviously necessarily blocs that happened to voters and i was in the department of justice working on these cases. always about trying to figure out...

Appreciate it. also in our politics lead, the biden administration is taking aim at texas once again. this time accusing republican lawmakers of discriminating against black and latino voters. today the justice department filed a lawsuit that says the state's new redistricting plans were specifically designed to have, quote, anglo voting majorities and dilute the voting strength of minorities. last month the doj challenged a different texas state law that imposes restrictions on aid provided to disabled voters at polling locations. coming up -- actor jussie smollett accused of faking a hat...

The complaint also asks the court to establish interim plans pending a lawful state redistricting. this is not the first time texas has acted to minimize the voting rights of its minority citizens. decade after decade courts have found that texas as enacted redistricting plans that deliberately dilute the voting strength of latino and black voters and that violate the voting rights act. the attorney general has made clear that the justice department will not stand idly by in the face of unlawful attempts to retrikt access to the ballot. the justice department stands ready to protect the consti...

Voting strength of nonwhite voters who happen to fuel texas' population growth over the past few years. in response the naacp has released an open letter condemning the governor's action by targeting some very high-profile residents of the state. professional athletes. in the letter addressed to athletes in the nba, nfl, wnba, mlb, nhl, the naacp president derrick johnson appeals to free agents of all those leagues with one simple message, if you are a free agent and are considering employment in texas, look elsewhere. joining us now the author of that letter, the president and ceo of the naac...

Comparable 39% of the state population, are a majority in just 18% of the districts, asian texans makeup under, 12 and 5% of the population respectively are majority zero districts, the things that makes it so notable is the population growth which allowed texas these two new seats, is 95% attributable, to people of color, now a teeny legal rights organization, the mexican american legal defense fund education, fund is suing texas governor greg abbott, and the deputies secretive state to block the map from taking effect. saying a quote, illegally in unconstitutionally deludes the voting streng...